Natural hazards for the Earth's civilization from space, 1. Cosmic ray influence on atmospheric processes

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 281-286

  Dorman, L I ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CIVILIZATION; COSMIC RAY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL HAZARD; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 42149170648     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-14-281-2008     Document Type: Article

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